Pill Box at Nu 067005 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1991. Military structure.

Pill Box at Nu 067005

WRENN ID
eternal-cornice-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1991
Type
Military structure
Address
Pill Box at Nu 067005, Rothbury
OS grid reference
NU 067 004
Coordinates
55.29772, -1.89513
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pill Box, built in 1940, is a concrete structure with an elongated hexagonal plan and a flat roof. It is a single storey building, partly below ground level. The elongated front features three rifle embrasures and one machine gun embrasure on each chamfered side. The rear has two rifle embrasures and a protected door. This pill box was constructed as part of the Coquet Line of defense against German invasion during the Second World War.

Local climate

Pill Box at Nu 067005 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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